Metallic shelving.



R. W. JEPFERIS.

METALLIC SHELVING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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UNITED STATES RATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD W. JEFFERIS, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

METALLIC SEELVIN G.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD IV. a citizen of the Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Shelving, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to metallic structures, and particularly to shelving and the supporting frame therefor, the ob ect being to provide metallic shelving built up of units or sections which is simple in construct1on, neat in appearance, and which yet may be egtslly set up or knocked down when desire Another object is to provide shelves adjust-able within the supporting frame or casing.

The invention consists in the arrangement of parts and details of construction set forth particularly in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1, is a face view of a shelving formed of two conjoined sections. Fig. 2, is an enlarged transverse section thereof on line :v0c of J EFFERIS,

Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is an enlarged vertical sec-.

tion on line g 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4, is an enlarged perspective view of one of the corner channel bars, and Fig. 5, is a perspective view of one of the shelves detached.

Like reference characters throughout the several views designate like parts,

My. metallic shelving is so designed as to provide a series of simple elements which may be easily combined either to form a unit or number of units as desired, and to this end I provide each'section with vertical corner pieces located at the four corners of the structure, all of like character, and connected by thin webs or plates of sheet metal.

In the drawings I have shown a set of shelving built up of two unit sections, a corner piece of which is shown in detail in Fig. at. Each cornerpiece consists of a channel bar 2 having the usual lateral flanges 2', 2", from one of which projects at right angles the flange 2" the channel bar. The flange 2 is perforated along its length as will be later explained.

From Fig. 2, it will be seen that each unit Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 14, 1908.

United States, residing at parallel to the main web 2 of Patented April 13, 1909. Serial No. 443,435.

or section has a channel bar 2 at each corner with the flanges thereof extending inwardly. Connecting the front upright channel bars with the rear bars are theend or partition plates 3, 3'. These may be bolted or riveted either to the outside or the inside of the flanges 2 by bolts 3" as desired. The rear channel bars are connected by a back plate or web 4. The lateral margins of this back plate are bent at right angles to the web 4 as at 4, and then extended laterally again as at 4". This construction offsets the lateral margins of the back plate. The margins 4" lie against the face of the rear channel bars 2 and are bolted thereto by the bolts 5. It will be seen from Fig. 2 that the ofiset margin 4:" of the back plate and the inwardly turned edge 2 of the channel bar provide a vertically extending compartment let immediately back of the flange 2 at the back of the set of shelving.

There are of course as many shelves as may be desired. Each consists of a plate 6 of sheet metal having downwardly .turned edges (3. The front edge 6 of each shelf is provided with openings 6 at each end for the. passage of bolts 7 which pass through perforations 10 in the flanges 2" of the front channel bars. The rear flange 6 of the shelf is also provided with openings of the same character as openings 6 through which pins 8 pass. These pins are each provided with an enlarged head 8 preferably attached to the under side of the shelf as shown in Fig. 3; and supporting the same. This pin projects through any one of the series of perforations 10 in flanges 2 of the rear channel bars. These perforations correspond with the like series of perforations 10 in the flanges 2 of the front channel bars- To adjust the shelves within the supporting frame, the front bolts are removed, the shelf inclined until the pins 8 are withdrawn from the perforations l0 far enough to allow the shelf to be moved upward or downward, the shelf is moved, the pins 8 are inserted, the shelf leveled and the bolts 7'- again inserted and their nuts screwed up.

In order to brace the supporting frame of the shelving I may provide transverse braces 11 which extend from each rear channel bar to the other, being attached to the flanges 2 by bolts 12 passing through perfora-- tions 12 in the flanges 2 intermediate of the perforations The top of the shelvmg 1s covered by a top plate 13 having a downwardly ro ecting rear flange 13, and the cormce-h e front flange 13 which is bolted to the front channel bars 2.

As seen In Flg. 2, when two or more units are to be combined, I use a common part1- tion plate 3, which is bolted to the inpartition plates 3 or 3, I might use bracing.

strips like the strips or braces 11. These are bolted to the end channel bars 1n the same manner asthe end or partition plates It will be seen that my construction provides a very simply put together shelvmg structure composed of few .e put up and as easily taken down, and capable of combination with other elements so as to produce shelving of any desired capaclty. It will also be seen that it, provides a unit section which may be readily combined with other unit sections to any number desired and that no change of structure occurs in the combination of two or more of these sections, the united sections becoming a coherent and interlocked whole,

In addition to the advantages above stated, it will be seen particularly from the section Fig. 2, that my construction by the use of channel bars and the back plates 4 having oflset margins provides aseries of vertically extending'compartments within which the nuts of the connecting bolts are contained, thus the interior of the locker is relatively attractive in appearance, the bolts are almost entirely concealed, and at the same time they do not interfere with the free movement of the shelves.

In order that the details of myconstruction may be clear, the section inFig. 2 is on rather an exaggerated scale.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A metallic shelf-supporting structure having four upright channel bars at the corners of the structure with inwardly turned flanges, end plates bolted to the outer flanges of the front and rear channel bars, plates connecting the rear channel bars to each other, and a shelf adjustably supported on said channel bars.

2. A metallic shelf-supporting structure ements readily 'of, and adjustable shelves supported by said channel bars.

3. A metallic shelf-su porting structure having upright channel Ears at the corners of the structure, the flanges of said bars being turned inward, one of said flanges on each bar bein extended laterally toward the middle'of-t e .set of shelving, end plates bolted to the outer flanges of the end channel bars, a back plate bolted to the face of the rear channel bars, said back plate having laterally offset margins opposed to the inwardly turned lateral flanges of each of the rear channel bars, and a series of shelves supported Within said structure having supporting pins passing through said channel bars, but removable therefrom.

4:. A metallic shelf-supporting structure having four upri ht channel bars at the corners thereof,-eac%1 rovided with inwardly turned flanges one 6 which flan es on each bar is laterally extended, end p ates bolted to the outer flanges of the channel bars, a back plate having ofl'set mar ins bolted to the faces of the rear channe bars, braces connecting the rear channel bars to each attached -to the extreme ends of the combined sections, and partition plates common to two sections located between and bolted to the adjacent channel bars of adjacent sections.

6. Ina metallic shelf supporting structure, channel bars forming the uprights of the structure, each provided with inwardly turned flanges, one of which flanges on each bar is laterally extended and made with a series of perforations therein, in combination with a series of shelves, each consisting of a plate having downwardly extending flanges at the edges thereof, said flanges being perforated for the passage of supporting pins or bolts. 7

7. In a metallic shelf-supporting structure, a series of uprights formed by channel bars,

back plates having ofl'set margins and shelving arranged within said supporting structure, the said plates and channel bars being so arranged as to provide vertical compartments through the walls of which the connecting bolts pass.

In' testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD W. JEFFERIS.

Witnesses:

FREDERIO B. WRIGHT, J. A. L. MULHALL. 

